PV Insider has published a short review on the biggest challenges that international PV companies face when building a business in Chile. The review features insights from the Inter-American Development Bank and German PV developer Kraftwerk, among others.

With over 3GW of solar forecast to be completed in the Middle East & North Africa by 2020, over 150 senior executives from leading solar companies will be meeting at the 6th Annual Middle East & North Africa Solar Conference & Exhibition taking place on 6-7 May in Dubai.

Regulatory bodies including CPUC and FERC continue to roll out requirements supporting the development of energy storage technologies to deal with the problem of grid intermittency created by high levels of renewable integration. As a result of this there is growing interest in concentrated solar power (CSP) as a procurement option.

Polysilicon price also drops this week. Weak downstream demand in China pushes down the spot polysilicon pricing in the country as polysilicon demand becomes less tight. Multi wafer price drop more dramatically this week with rampant price cuts in China.

The "Competitive Solar Energy & Finance Solutions Seminar for the GCC" takes place on April 14, 2014 at the Dubai World Trade Centre and will start at 1.30 pm
----Cooperation with the Solar GCC Alliance
----Press Conference on April 14, 1.00 pm
----First "Solar & Energy Storage Forum 2014" will be held on November 5, 2014

Njord Offshore from Essex, UK, have taken delivery of their first 26m Twin Axe built by Damen Shipyards Group. The vessel was ordered early January 2014 and the delivery took place on 27th February. During this 7 week period the vessel was modified from a basic, standard vessel to suit the specific Njord Offshore requirements.

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